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forces in afghanistan. he met with american troops in the war zone, and just two weeks before heading home to take on his new job as cia director, he spoke one on one with nbc about america's mission. >> happy fourth of july to all of you. >> reporter: it's his eighth fourth of july in a combat zone, but the last in uniform for general david petraeus. he spent the day visiting some of the thousands of u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. a farewell tour for a general many consider a rock star who found himself asking these tough as nails troops to just relax. >> the best way to relax is to put your hands in your pockets. that means you right there. go ahead. in fact, i'll put them in my pockets, too, here. >> reporter: credited with helping turn the iraq war around, petraeus was tapped by president obama a year ago to do the same in afghanistan. he admits it hasn't been easy. >> i never felt we could flip afghanistan the way we were able to flip iraq. >> reporter: a tough situation, but he insists not hope
forces in afghanistan. he met with american troops in the war zone, and just two weeks before heading home to take on his new job as cia director, he spoke one on one with nbc about america's mission. >> happy fourth of july to all of you. >> reporter: it's his eighth fourth of july in a combat zone, but the last in uniform for general david petraeus. he spent the day visiting some of the thousands of u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. a farewell tour for a general many consider...
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he was serving in afghanistan. >>> hello, everybody! happy fourth of july. >> and it was an old fashioned fourth of july that white house. president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted military families for a bbq. the president gave a shout out to all the branches of the u.s. armed forces. >> you represent the latest in a long line of heroes who served our country with honor and made incredible sacrifices. >> the first couple shook hands and pose for photographs. >>> the sights and sounds of patriotism filled the bay today. [ music playing ] >> thousands of people watched the parade in danville this morning, the parade features captain sully sullivan, who in 2009 made a crash landing in the hudson river. the kids loved the fourth of july. >> we have been here last couple of years. lots of fun. >> it's remarkable we are all together here. great for the community to pull together. >> many veterans also marched in the parade, he appreciated the community support of the troops. >> at 5:30, the special meaning for one bay area service
he was serving in afghanistan. >>> hello, everybody! happy fourth of july. >> and it was an old fashioned fourth of july that white house. president obama and first lady michelle obama hosted military families for a bbq. the president gave a shout out to all the branches of the u.s. armed forces. >> you represent the latest in a long line of heroes who served our country with honor and made incredible sacrifices. >> the first couple shook hands and pose for...
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report on the war in afghanistan that directly contradicts what military officials are telling us lawmakers so who should we believe then we'll show you a blatant example of hypocrisy by the white house and a double standard that they have when it comes to leaking classified information and that feeling that time is running out and republicans that won't budge so can somebody believe tell us what is wrong with these people we have all of that and more for you and i including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has missed. this is that the end for the casey anthony trial my friends today a verdict was reached and it was read out loud. a strong. jaw dropping moment they saw the death penalty against this woman and she got convicted of four misdemeanors this is a historic rejection of the prosecution's case the attorney who was once dubbed as somewhat hapless in this process now looks like a genius for basically that's right pick a seat is over benito done so and while the rest of us are going to be letting out size of relief that we no longer have to
report on the war in afghanistan that directly contradicts what military officials are telling us lawmakers so who should we believe then we'll show you a blatant example of hypocrisy by the white house and a double standard that they have when it comes to leaking classified information and that feeling that time is running out and republicans that won't budge so can somebody believe tell us what is wrong with these people we have all of that and more for you and i including a dose of happy...
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. >> reporter: in afghanistan, u.s. service members celebrated america's birthday with cake. >> it's an honor to serve our country. >> reporter: and, of course, it wouldn't be fourth of july without hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. in new york, some people went a little overboard. competitive eater joey chestnut scarfed 62 hot dogs in ten minutes and won the contest. >> came out to win, did what i had to do. might be in the pepto-bismol later. >> reporter: in the first women's competition sonya thomas took home the competition eating 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes. >> i can eat something else later. >> reporter: karen travers, abc news. >> little thing. >> joey scarfed 20,000 calories. >>> that's what's making news in america. >> do stay with us for "good morning america" and have a
. >> reporter: in afghanistan, u.s. service members celebrated america's birthday with cake. >> it's an honor to serve our country. >> reporter: and, of course, it wouldn't be fourth of july without hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. in new york, some people went a little overboard. competitive eater joey chestnut scarfed 62 hot dogs in ten minutes and won the contest. >> came out to win, did what i had to do. might be in the pepto-bismol later. >> reporter: in...
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tonight here abc news's mike boettcher in eastern afghanistan with some troops marking their last holiday away before coming home, and they have very simple wishes about who and what it is they want to see first when they get here. mike? >> reporter: david, it's another windy, dusty day at forward operating base shahana where soldiers from the 101st airborne have spent the past year, they missed labor day, thanksgiving, christmas, easter and memorial day. and now, there is one last holiday to get through before they go home, the fourth of july. >> blackjack where you at? >> reporter: this unit has a rich history, 101st airborne named a band of brothers during world war ii. today they took a break, knowing that home is coming soon. they can picture it. what do you miss most about home on fourth of july? >> believe it or not, my grill. >> good barbecue. >> good barbecue. >> sierra madre has a fourth of july parade every year and it's cool. everybody in the town comes out. a lot of fun. so, that's what i miss this year. >> miss the lake, definitely. green grass. that's my -- >> real ground.
tonight here abc news's mike boettcher in eastern afghanistan with some troops marking their last holiday away before coming home, and they have very simple wishes about who and what it is they want to see first when they get here. mike? >> reporter: david, it's another windy, dusty day at forward operating base shahana where soldiers from the 101st airborne have spent the past year, they missed labor day, thanksgiving, christmas, easter and memorial day. and now, there is one last...
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the beginning of the drawdown this month in afghanistan. he's got the new secretary of defense leon pan net that in the office with him. ryan crocker who was on friday, confirmed as the newest ambassador to afghanistan. new players who are going to help make the decisions that the president is going to be making over the next several months and maybe years, having to do with the numbers of troops in place and the relationship between the united states government and the government of afghanistan. >> all right, tim, good stuff to look forward to today. >>> how would you like to wake up to $11 billion this morning? it happened at a temper overseas. we're talking about ancient buried treasure. find out exactly what was found after this quick break. >>> if you're up this early today, could be your special day. tuesday, july 5th is national workahol workaholics day. 16 minutes after the hour. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this
the beginning of the drawdown this month in afghanistan. he's got the new secretary of defense leon pan net that in the office with him. ryan crocker who was on friday, confirmed as the newest ambassador to afghanistan. new players who are going to help make the decisions that the president is going to be making over the next several months and maybe years, having to do with the numbers of troops in place and the relationship between the united states government and the government of...
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that's the number one issue. >> it's going to be afghanistan, afghanistan, that should be the focus. but to echo bob, he has 4$400 million in cuts to face from the get go, and donald rumsfeld says that will be too deep for the troops. >> and then andrew cuomo could replace biden on the 2012 ticket. does the vp choice matter? >> yeah, a lot. it matters where obama wants to take the country, and it matters who the person is. if the person is unqualified, that would be scary to have that person take a president's place. i would like to see a different president as well. >> robert? >> kyra, this topic is a great source topic to the media and then there is real people that vote for family. >> as far as whacky rumors go, this is high on the list. why would the president replace one brash guy from a blue state with another brash guy from another blue state. if he would replace the president, it would be with a woman. >> all right. vice president biden now joining twitter. what do you think, will a 140-character limit be a good thing for this vice president? >> absolutely not. i love vice pr
that's the number one issue. >> it's going to be afghanistan, afghanistan, that should be the focus. but to echo bob, he has 4$400 million in cuts to face from the get go, and donald rumsfeld says that will be too deep for the troops. >> and then andrew cuomo could replace biden on the 2012 ticket. does the vp choice matter? >> yeah, a lot. it matters where obama wants to take the country, and it matters who the person is. if the person is unqualified, that would be scary to...
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overnight nato announced that four nato soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. three were killed by a roadside bomb. the fourth one died in a separatein sir gent attack. nine international troops have been killed this month. 280 so far this year. >>> bart and san francisco police have launched separate investigations into sunday night's fatal shooting at san francisco's civic center bart station. investigators say it began when two officers responded to a call about a drunk man carrying an open container of alcohol on the train platform. bart police chief says the two officers immediately found themselves in a very dangerous situation. >> the guy's armed with a knife. guy used a bottle as a weapon. one of our officers is injured. our officers used the force which they felt was necessary in defense of their life. >> one officer was armed with a taser but chose not to use it. investigators have still not released the name of the man who was killed. >>> time now 6:18. a sonoma county dive team recovered the body of a man who drowned in the russian river. 30-year-ol
overnight nato announced that four nato soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. three were killed by a roadside bomb. the fourth one died in a separatein sir gent attack. nine international troops have been killed this month. 280 so far this year. >>> bart and san francisco police have launched separate investigations into sunday night's fatal shooting at san francisco's civic center bart station. investigators say it began when two officers responded to a call...
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three died during a roadside bombing in eastern afghanistan. the fourth during a separate nurnt attack. 200 troops have been killed in afghanistan this year. >>> in kabul, general karzai and general petraeus. an unannounced trip there. petraeus is leaving afghanistan to become director of the cia. the senate gets back to work today on talks to raise the debt limit. less than four weeks before the u.s. potentially defaults on its debts. ron johnson of wisconsin was asked if the two sides can agree on whether taxes should be raised. >> i sure think so. there's a growing group of, i think, senate republicans and house republicans that are willing to increase the debt ceiling as long as we actually fix the problem. >> delaware senator chris coons says he thinks an agreement can be reached. >> it's their refusal to consider any increase in revenue that has really stalled the talks so far. i'm hopeful we'll be able to move past that in this week's negotiation. >> an autopsy is scheduled for today to determine if a body that's been found is that of mi
three died during a roadside bombing in eastern afghanistan. the fourth during a separate nurnt attack. 200 troops have been killed in afghanistan this year. >>> in kabul, general karzai and general petraeus. an unannounced trip there. petraeus is leaving afghanistan to become director of the cia. the senate gets back to work today on talks to raise the debt limit. less than four weeks before the u.s. potentially defaults on its debts. ron johnson of wisconsin was asked if the two...
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four nato service members have been killed in two separate attacks in afghanistan. nato says three troops died from an improvised roadside bomb. a fourth soldier was killed in a accept vit insurgent attack. their nash ailties have not been released. nine international trips have been killed so far this month. 80 this year. >>> negotiation 1s resume -- negotiations resume later in washington to try to avoid a debt crisis. as scott macfarlane reports, there's the potential major development in these talks. >> reporter: we're hearing about new and potentially major cuts to met dicaire. "the new york times" says the white house is offering to cost to do that to get the votes needed to get the debt ceiling. lobbyists sent outant e-mail to the nursing facilities. but talks to -- but cuts to these so-called entitlement programs has picked -- has picked up momentum -- >> that it would be extremely detrimental and would have consequences. >> reporter: these entitlement programs, these cuts to entitlement programs remain a huge sticking point as the u.s. sticks here for negot
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he came back to harvard, but in 2009 with the national guard unit, he went back to afghanistan. >> whoa! >> damn! >> i spent a lot of time with rout clearance units looking for ieds and we got hit several times and vehicles in front of me blown up. my vehicle never got hit. i was very, very lucky. when you run up there and pull open the door and see your injured buddies, you'll never forget that site. >> reporter: this time, back home, he began to explore the science of brain injury. >> what happens when the brain gets hit by a blast wave and slams up against the inside of the skull. >> reporter: with colleagues at northeastern university, parker built new tools to study how a blast affects the brain. it could be years before this leads to new treatments, but parker hopes that eventually will have a broad impact. >> concussions that your favorite football player suffers or the head injury you get when you're in a car accident and your head snaps forward or a shaking baby syndrome. these are all examples of nonpenetrating head injuries that can cause a traumatic brain injury. >> reporter
he came back to harvard, but in 2009 with the national guard unit, he went back to afghanistan. >> whoa! >> damn! >> i spent a lot of time with rout clearance units looking for ieds and we got hit several times and vehicles in front of me blown up. my vehicle never got hit. i was very, very lucky. when you run up there and pull open the door and see your injured buddies, you'll never forget that site. >> reporter: this time, back home, he began to explore the science of...
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. >> reporter: in afghanistan, u.s. service members celebrated america's birthday with cake. and of course it wouldn't be fourth of july without hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. in new york, some people went a little overboard. competitive eater joey chestnut scarfed down 6hot dogs in 10 minutes. he won his fifth straight nathan's famous hot dog-eating contest. >> i came out here to win, did what i had to do. might be eating pepto-bismol later. >> reporter: in the first-ever women's competition, sonya thomas took home the title, eating 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes. there was drama surrounding the men's competition. takeru kobayashi, another champion eert was not at yesterday's nathan's event because of a contract dispute. he staged his own event in manhattan and ate 69 hot dogs in 10 minutes. peggy and daniel, that would have broken joey chestnut's world record. >> we were talking about the technique, they dip the hot dogs -- >> in water. >> actually you see joey chestnut jumping. >> technique. just to get them down. >> i'm assuming they're single. i don't want to be the pe
. >> reporter: in afghanistan, u.s. service members celebrated america's birthday with cake. and of course it wouldn't be fourth of july without hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill. in new york, some people went a little overboard. competitive eater joey chestnut scarfed down 6hot dogs in 10 minutes. he won his fifth straight nathan's famous hot dog-eating contest. >> i came out here to win, did what i had to do. might be eating pepto-bismol later. >> reporter: in the...